As the name suggests, this thread is for discussing the Japanese language. Not only are fans of Yoshimitsu often interested in Japanese culture and traditions, but I imagine many have interest in the language too.

I've wanted to become fluent in Japanese since I was in 6th form, but I'm actually bad at languages. I don't really know why, but if I compare myself to other learners, it seems to take me much longer to learn. There are people with a natural gift when it comes to foreign languages but I'm unfortunately not one of them.

Having said that, I worked my socks off im spite of this difficulty, and was able to reach the point where I could at least join in with conversations. I've also been trying to memorise all common use (jouyou) kanji these past few years. I've learnt all of them in a fashion, but if I'm honest, there are loads that I know the meaning of but not how to read, and I'm also forgetting characters all the time!. On top of this, my good friend who is Japanese has recently had a baby. Taking care of her little one is heavy going, and she was physically drained after the birth, so we haven't been able to hang out lately. Also, two of the students that are studying Japanese at the university here have been doing their year in Japan. They finally come back next month but how will my Japanese be after such a long break? Their Japanese will have improved considerably, while I on the other hand have probably gotten worse!

But never mind all that, how about you? How are you studying Japanese? Why are you studying? What do you most want to be able to do? For example, do you want to be able to read manga or novels? Or do you want to be able to watch movies without subtitles?

In my case, my greatest desire is to be able to make friends with Japanese people and hang out together in Japanese!

ご注意：久しく長い文章を書きません。変な文法が出るか、ミスだらけなら、勘弁してください！
Disclaimer: I haven't written in ages. So please forgive me if there's any weird grammar or if it's full of typos!

(lol.. just had to edit. I read back what I'd written and I wrote 'manufacture' (seisan) instead of 'birth' (shussan). That's a pretty typical mistake for me!

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